Does Street Lit Hurt Our Daughters?

One of the best new blogs out there, DivaMomsNYC, wrote a compelling post about street literature and the effects it may have on our daughters.
Is it just words or more? As an author, I can say that art often imitates life. But just because I loved reading VC Andrews doesn't mean I engaged in this crazy, lewd acts she wrote about, or even Wifey by Judy Blume. But these days, there is a lack of reinforcement in the home that can lead to these types of books being the only way young women get information....Here's an excerpt:

Push the novel by Sapphire which was turned into the movie Precious is an example of a Street Lit book. The reason for me wanting to find out more about these types of books is because I saw a 14-year-old female reading one on the
subway. The title of the book was ”Confessions of a Nympho”. I asked her why
was she reading that book? She said because she can relate to it...

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